meliora advisory
London
Tony Cotrupe brings over 30 years of experience in business valuations,
investment banking, economic consulting, and private equity to Meliora Advisors.
Tony began his career at Ernst & Young in its Financial Services Group, where he
performed pre- and post-transaction valuations for companies in a variety of
industries. He was also an economist in E&Y’s International Services Office,
where he provided economic consulting services to multinational corporations for
transfer pricing, strategic planning, cross-border transactions, and litigation
support. From 2003 to 2006, Tony was a Director at Huron Consulting Group where
he was responsible for Huron’s New York Financial Valuation Group. Tony led a
team focusing on financial valuations for public and private companies. From
2006 to 2008, Tony was Senior Vice President at Paramax Corporation, a
middle-market M&A advisory firm in Upstate NY focusing on middle market M&A and
other advisory engagements. At Paramax, Tony also led the corporate advisory and
valuation services efforts. Tony worked for eight years at J.P. Morgan
Securities (formerly Chemical and Chase Securities), first as an investment
banker in the Emerging Markets Investment Banking Group, where he structured
debt and equity transactions for corporations in Brazil. Tony then started and
ran the Private Equity Group within JPM’s Global Private Bank, where he sourced,
structured, and executed venture capital and buyout transactions for high net
worth clients worldwide. Tony also led the private equity fundraising effort,
raising capital for large buyout firms including The Blackstone Group. After
J.P. Morgan, Tony joined Gerard Klauer Mattison (GKM) as a Private Equity Fund
consultant, providing fundraising and fund management for a fund of funds
focused on venture capital and buyout investments. In 2009, Tony formed Meliora
Advisors, LLC, a corporate advisory and consulting firm. Meliora Advisors has
successfully executed projects in a broad array of industries, including:
Aerospace, Biotechnology, Business Services, Financial Services, Food and
Beverage, Healthcare, Heavy Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals , Power/Electricity,
Robotics HealthTech. Tony holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a
Master of Business Administration in Finance and Economics, both from the
University of Rochester. He is a CFA Charter holder and a member of the CFA
Institute. He has spoken at conferences and taught classes on valuation, M&A,
and private equity.
